Hauffenia erythropomatia (Hauffen, 1856)

Gloeer, Peter & Pesic, Vladimir, 2012, The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species, ZooKeys 219, pp. 11-61 : 22

Hauffenia erythropomatia (Hauffen, 1856)

Records from Iran.

Sistan and Baluchestan Province (Source lake Gomun) - " Erythropomatiana erythropomatia " Starmühlner and Edlauer (1957).

Remarks.

Most probably, Starmühlner and Edlauer (1957) misidentified this subterranean species, known only from its type locality in Slovenia, far away from Iran. The comparison with the description of Hauffenia erythropomatia by Radoman (1983) shows that these species are not conspecific as the umbilicus seems to be broader in later species compared with the species depicted by Starmühlner and Edlauer (1957). Unfortunately this species could not be found in Edlauer’s collection in NHMW (Anita Eschner, pers. comm.). The record for this species is kept until specimens from the original locality could be studied.